San Marcos area games canceled, rescheduled after inclement weather

San Marcos area high schools saw their Tuesday games canceled following the day’s winter weather.

San Marcos High School’s basketball games were postponed. The Rattlers were scheduled to travel to Austin to play Anderson, but the games have been rescheduled for Wednesday with the varsity game to tip-off at 8 p.m. The Lady Rattlers had a game against Anderson, but it was moved to Wednesday with tip-off set for 7 p.m.

The Lady Rattlers soccer team had a match scheduled against Temple. San Marcos, however, won’t return to action until Thursday when it travels to Georgetown to participate in a tournament.

San Marcos Academy basketball was scheduled to take on the Texas School of the Deaf, but the contests were cancelled.

Hill Country Christian had a road match scheduled against San Antonio Trinity but it was rescheduled for Feb. 13 at 6 p.m.

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A preferred scenario amendment to allow a nearly 7-acre development on Peques Street, off of Sessom, went before the Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday night.

Doucet and Associates requested a zoning change for the 6.73 acres from Single Family (SF-6), which is meant to allow single-family detached houses with minimum lot sizes of 6,000 square feet, to T5 SmartCode, which accommodates higher density mixed-use developments including retail, offices, rowhouses and apartments.

According to the packet from Austin-based student housing developer Core Spaces, the highintensity development would be a five-story building with 703 beds and hundreds of parking spaces.

According to the city, it would be the only high-intensity development in the area. Commissioners expressed concern with the already dense traffic along Sessom and the potential environmental effects of the project – noting that construction would involve a lot of grading and disruption to the hillside and laying more concrete could cause more runoff from that development.

Yes, it would add more housing to the area.

No, the area presents too many potential traffic, environmental and neighborhood issues.